IISc among world's top 10 small varsities

Small universities are defined by having fewer than 5,000 students

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has become the first Indian university to make it to the top 10 oaf Times Higher Education’s the World’s Best Small Universities 2017 list. 

IISc was placed eighth on the list dominated by universities from France and Italy, with three each making it to the top 10. 

The list was topped by California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for the second year in a row. France’s École Normale Supérieure retained the second spot, while South Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology improved its ranking by a spot to third. France’s École Polytechnique, which came